[bug#65479] [PATCH core-updates v3 40/63] gnu: gnome-session: Remove libxml2.

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Liliana,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:

> Am Montag, dem 09.10.2023 um 21:06 +0100 schrieb Bruno Victal:
>> Observations:
>> 1. No longer required for XML_CATALOG_FILES.
> This is the correct observation.  Stop there if there's nothing else to
> say :)  Explain why it's no longer needed otherwise (I don't see the
> full series, so it may be obvious from context).
>>    These are already adequately set within the used dependencies
>> 2. It's not required for gnome-session but by libxkbcommon.
>>    libxkbcommon was fixed to convey this by use of a symlink.
> Propagation of inputs isn't always easy.  Thus, if libxkbcommon were to
> need a tool from libxml2 at configuration or compile time, it'd need to
> remain a native input.  I take it that this is not the case, just
> hinting that the tangent on which you are going might not be right for
> a commit explanation.
>> 2.1. Shouldn't count as a native-input but as a regular input.
>>      … since this is a dependency for xkbregistry (from
>> libxkbcommon).
> Red herring.

I tried addressing your comments, but since I'm not the author and
I had no reasons to doubt Bruno's observations, I've left them as-is.  I
hope that's fine given it's only about the commit message.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim